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Financial planning

ISN chief David Whiteley has urged the next elected government to give FOFA a chance before abandoning it completely. ...

Financial planning

The Coalition’s Paul Fletcher reaffirms a change in Government will see a change to key elements of FOFA....

Financial planning

AFA calls for clarity after Court rules brokerage account not reserved for advisers....

Financial planning

There will be no quick fix to the grandfathering issue and the movement of planners between licensees because any possible post-election scenario could take several month...

Editorial

The Association of Financial Advisers was right to open talks with Treasury officials around the status of grandfathering when planners move between one licensee and anot...

Financial planning

Dealer group recruitment is mostly frozen until after the Federal Election when grandfathering can be clarified. ...

Financial planning

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

Superannuation

The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....

Life/Risk

Adviser remuneration is only one part of the equation on life/risk churn, says AFA chief executive Brad Fox....

Financial planning

There are enough unknowns remaining in FOFA to create uncertainty for planners well into next year....

Financial planning

A financial planning executive said professional, holistic advice services should not be thrown into the same bucket as low-level intra-fund advice when talking about the...

Financial planning

When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...

Financial planning

Planners are already changing their commercial decisions on business acquisitions because of grandfathering issues. ...

Financial planning

The AFA is working with Treasury to prevent the loss of grandfathering on existing clients when advisers change licensees. ...

Life/Risk

Cultural shifts over the last few years might have resulted in consumers driving churn, according to an insurance executive....

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